Beautiful Church Cathedral Pictures

St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed commonly known as Saint
Basil's Cathedral, is a former church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The
building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of the
Intercession of the Blessed Virgin on the Moat or Pokrovsky Cathedral. It was
built from 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the
capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It has been the hub of the city's growth since
the 14th century and was the city's tallest building until the completion of
the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.

Instead of following the original ad hoc layout (seven
churches around the central core), Ivan's architects opted for a more
symmetrical floor plan with eight side churches around the core, producing
"a thoroughly coherent, logical plan" despite the erroneous latter
"notion of a structure devoid of restraint or reason" influenced by
the memory of Ivan's irrational atrocities. Sources

St. Ignatius Church, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan

On 26 August, 1947, the pastoral care of the Parish at Kojimachi has been entrusted to Society of
Jesus. Fr. Helman Heuvers was assigned as the first chaplain. On 2nd
of December the Church construction had been started and the name of the
Church was changed to St. Ignatius Church. Sources